Organic Cotton Stuffed Animal Toys Win Oppenheim Gold Seal Award
April 1, 2009 Kyriaki (Sandy) Venetis 
Jooble Organic Cotton Stuffed Animal Toys. Photo provided by Fair Indigo.
MADISION, Wis.- Fair Indigo, a multi-developer and distributor of toys and clothing, has just received the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Seal Award for its Organic Cotton Joobles Collection. Joobles is the product name given to the company’s collection for now 10 stuffed animal toys. The name Jooble symbolizes joy and happiness, according to Jody Fossum, director of product development at Fair Indigo. “Inspiration for the toys came last October when we were visiting a knitting facility in Peru and watching their Fair Trade operating standards. We said what a great way to make incredibly friendly safe toys that are cute and whimsical for children,” said Ms. Fossum. Fair Trade is an organized social movement and market-based approach to promoting sustainability and empowering producers in developing country. The movement advocates the payment of a fair prices as well as social and environmental standards in areas related to production. It focuses in particular on exports from developing countries to developed countries.